May 25, 2021: InfraNorth Data Management Workshop
The InfraNorth team held a workshop on data management, where external experts on ethical issues related to ethnographic data gathering, usage, and transfer gave presentations.
Aug 2026: Introduction to InfraNorth Special Issue published in Polar Geography
The quarterly peer-reviewed journal Polar Geography has published the introduction to the forthcoming special issue “Transport infrastructure and population in the Arctic.” The introduction has been written by InfraNorth senior researcher Timothy Heleniak and principal investigator Peter Schweitzer. Published online in August 2026, the introduction presents the special issue emerging from the InfraNorth project. At […]
Aug 28, 2026: Interview with Peter Schweitzer on JETZT
An interview with InfraNorth principal investigator Peter Schweitzer has been featured in an article by journalist Nico Knappe for the Austrian media outlet JETZT, titled “All Eyes on Arktis: Wie Russland vom tauenden Eis profitiert” (“All Eyes on the Arctic: How Russia is benefiting from melting ice”). Taking the experiences of an Austrian resident of […]
Aug 25, 2026: Interview with Philipp Budka at Canada’s National Observer
An interview with InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka has been featured in an article by journalist Jamie Voyles for Canada’s National Observer, titled “As Canada bets on Churchill to diversify trade away from US, climate disasters sideline its railway link.” The article explores Canada’s plans to strengthen Churchill, Manitoba, as an Arctic trade gateway and diversify […]
May 4, 2026: Presentation by Philipp Budka at the 24th STS Conference Graz
Philipp Budka will present new research at the STS Conference Graz 2026 examining how infrastructures are lived and governed in remote Canada. His presentation, titled “Infrastructural Sovereignty in Practice: Built Environment, Care, and Intervention in Remote Canada,” will be part of Session 32 on May 4, 2026, from 15:45 to 17:45 CEST at Das Weitzer […]
Apr 2026: Article by Katrin Schmid in the Food, Culture & Society Journal
The international multidisciplinary journal Food, Culture & Society has recently published a new article by InfraNorth researcher Katrin Schmid, titled “Transporting Arctic foodways: the infrastructure of food sovereignty in Nunavut, Canada.” The conversation around sustainable food in Canada’s Arctic today is inherently connected to the logistics of transportation. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork (2022–2025), this research […]
Mar 2026: Article by Alexandra Meyer in Polar Geography Special Issue
The quarterly peer-reviewed journal Polar Geography has published the article “Hyperconnected remoteness: the Svalbard airport and community transitions in Longyearbyen” by InfraNorth researcher Alexandra Meyer. The article examines the role of Svalbard Airport in shaping socio-economic transitions and everyday life in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, complemented […]